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M0382200 (mŏn′ə-zīt′)n. A reddish-brown phosphate mineral containing several rare-earth elements, (Ce, La, Nd, Y, Th)PO₄, important as a source of cerium and thorium.

[Greek monazein, to live alone; see monastery + -ite.]

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(ˈmɒnəˌzaɪt) n (Minerals) a yellow to reddish-brown mineral consisting of a phosphate of thorium, cerium, and lanthanum in monoclinic crystalline form[C19: from German, from Greek monazein to live alone, so called because of its rarity]

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(ˈmɒn əˌzaɪt)

n. a reddish brown mineral, a phosphate of cerium, lanthanum, and thorium, (Ce, La, Th)PO₄: the principal ore of thorium. [< German Monazit (1829)]

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monazite - a reddish-brown mineral containing rare earth metals; an important source of thorium and ceriumatomic number 58, Ce, cerium - a ductile grey metallic element of the lanthanide series; used in lighter flints; the most abundant of the rare-earth groupatomic number 63, Eu, europium - a bivalent and trivalent metallic element of the rare earth groupatomic number 60, Nd, neodymium - a yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs in monazite and bastnasite in association with cerium and lanthanum and praseodymiumatomic number 59, Pr, praseodymium - a soft yellowish-white trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; can be recovered from bastnasite or monazite by an ion-exchange processatomic number 62, samarium, Sm - a grey lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group; is used in special alloys; occurs in monazite and bastnasiteatomic number 65, Tb, terbium - a metallic element of the rare earth group; used in lasers; occurs in apatite and monazite and xenotime and ytterbiteatomic number 90, thorium, Th - a soft silvery-white tetravalent radioactive metallic element; isotope 232 is used as a power source in nuclear reactors; occurs in thorite and in monazite sandsatomic number 69, thulium, Tm - a soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group; isotope 170 emits X-rays and is used in small portable X-ray machines; it occurs in monazite and apatite and xenotimeatomic number 70, Yb, ytterbium - a soft silvery metallic element; a rare earth of the lanthanide series; it occurs in gadolinite and monazite and xenotimemineral - solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition

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noun a reddish-brown mineral containing rare earth metals

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